Thursday, December 21, 2023

Celebrate 2024

 
Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made using the free 2024 Penguin digital image from Gerda Steiner Designs.  I don't know about you, but it seems like the years are flying by.

I started by printing the image on Neenah white card stock before coloring it using Copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I lightly stippled some tumbled glass distress ink around the penguins before layering and adding some gold brads.  The card base has the "Celebrate" from Stampin Up's Wonderful Words (retired) set in spruce ink.  Once my background was finished, I added some gold cord and the layered image.  Then taking some crystal ice stickles, I "painted" the 2024 numbers using a Q-Tip before adding ice stickles to the Christmas lights.

Challenges entered:
 
Inkspirational #305 - Word Prompt Celebrate (inspired by New Year's celebrations)
I Spy With My Little Eye #10 - Something Old and/or New (Old - gold cord and Celebrate saying, Something New - GSD image)
 
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs; Stampin Up
Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass; Stampin Up Shaded Spruce
Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Copic Markers, Gold Cord, Brads, Glue Dots, Crystal Ice Stickles, Q-Tip
 

Monday, December 18, 2023

Run Up To Christmas 2023 Week 12

 

 
 
Hello and welcome to week 12 of the #runuptochristmashop2023.  This week's inspiration challenge is shaker cards.  Normally, shaker cards and I don't get along much, and I rarely make them, however I wanted to use this cute Bless Your Hearth digital stamp from The Cat's Pajamas I picked up on Black Friday along with some shaker garnish I received for free from Picket Fence Studios in my last order.

I started out by combining the saying and hearth image in a watermark program before printing it out on some Neenah white cardstock then colored using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I added a soft layer of tumbled glass distress ink using my paper pouncers before adding fired brick around the edges using my blending brushes.  After layering my colored image, I added it inside a clear glassine envelope I've had for years in my stash and haven't used them all yet.  Once I "wrapped" the envelope around my layered image, I added a bit of the shaker garnish before sealing it using some Scor-Tape.  It was then added to my card using pop up glue dots.  The final embellishments were some green organdy ribbon and dew drops along the bottom.

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (ribbon, dew drops, glassine envelope)



Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and have a very Merry Christmas and blessed, safe New Year as well.

PIP Challenge 2350

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by  Lawn Fawn.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship.  

My card today takes us on a vacation from the cold to tropical beaches, plenty of sunshine, cool island breezes and uses the Lawn Fawn Flamingo Together, and a saying I received from Lawn Fawn in an order, stamped in various memento inks before creating my "beach/ocean" using memento desert sand and blue danube inks direct-to-paper until I was happy with the coverage before layering the image panel then adding some black mini brads.  After adhering the panel to a pink card, I hand drew birds using a black gel pen.  The final touches were some sequins and fruit punch ice stickles.

Challenges entered:
 
 
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join us this week at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

Stamps: Lawn Fawn
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Desert Sand, Blue Danube, Rosebud, Cottage Ivy, Rich Cocoa
Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Sequins, Glue, Glue Dots, Brads, Black Gel Pen, Ice Stickles

Sunday, December 17, 2023

A Little Frost-Tea

 
 
Hello and welcome.  I've been dealing with a lot of health depression/anxiety issues lately, more so than normal which has made my mojo take a vacation it seems from time to time.  I wanted to do something fun, so I pulled this Frosty digital stamp from Craftin Desert Divas (now closed) and colored it using prismacolor markers before stippling some tumbled glass distress ink around the image using my paper pouncer before adding more distress ink around the edges of the colored image then layered.  After adding some tiny silver brads, I added the layered panel to a turquoise dry embossed card using pop up glue dots.  I then added the ribbon from my stash and the pearl/silver dew drops.  The final touch was highlighting the holly berries and tea tag using glitter gel pens and some crystal ice stickles to act like "snow".

Challenges entered:
 
Peace On Earth Christmas #54 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by colors, snowflakes, snow)
The Four Seasons Dec 2023 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by holly/berries, snow, cold)
CD Sunday Plus #125 - Anything Goes Digital (image from Craftin Desert Divas/now closed)
 
Peace On Earth
 
The Four Seasons
 

 
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.
 
Stamps: Craftin Desert Divas
Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Cardstock: Neenah White; Stampin Up
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor Markers, Pop Up Glue Dots, Brads, Ice Stickles, Dew Drops, Glue Dots, Ribbon, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Snowflake Embossing Folder, Glitter Gel Pens
 

Monday, December 11, 2023

Run Up To Christmas 2023 Week 11

 

 
 
Hello and welcome to week 11 of the #runuptochristmashop2023 hosted by @love_smile_and_craft and @kellys.craft. We are going to make a card each week for 12 weeks until Christmas. This week we're being inspired to create something vintage so I decided to pull out one of my very favorite stamps Thomas Kincade Village Christmas by Cornish Heritage Farms.  I absolutely LOVE the Thomas Kincade stamp line and so wish that CHF hadn't gone out of business.  I thought I read somewhere that another company had bought the license to the line from CHF however, I can't find the info anywhere.  The images are very detailed and definitely take some time, and practice, to color.  Which is maybe why I don't use them much, especially when my migraines are acting up.  I definitely will not be getting rid of any of my Thomas Kincade stamps, except maybe the duplicates at some point. 

I started off by stamping the image in memento tuxedo black ink on Neenah white card stock before coloring using Castle Arts watercolor pencils and blended using a Prismacolor blender pencil.  Once my coloring was finished, I layered the image before adding some old gold photo corners I still had in my stash before adhering everything to a turquoise card (albeit slightly crooked).  The only embellishments added was some gold cord to the top of the card and then crystal ice stickles to highlight the icy parts of the snow.  As an afterthought, I stippled some Tim Holtz old paper distress ink using one of my paper pouncers to "age" it a bit.   Here's a close-up of the colored image:




Challenges entered:

Peace On Earth #53 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by snow, villages in background, colors)
Retro Rubber #221 - Merry Christmas (stamp used is at least 8yrs old, inspired by greenery, glitter, colors)
Inspiration Station Dec 2023 - See Pic Below (inspired by colors, season) 
Park Hopping My Happy Place Dec 2023 - Anything Goes Theme Parks (inspired by Main Street USA at Disneyland)

Peace On Earth

The Four Seasons

Retro Rubber
 
Inspiration Station
 
Park Hopping My Happy Place
 
 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!

Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Old Paper Distress
Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up
Accessories: Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pencil, Photo Corners, Gold Cord, Ice Stickles, Paper Pouncer

Friday, December 8, 2023

Believe In The Magic

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card using one of my all time favorite things - a SNOW GLOBE!!  I just love snow globes.  They offer glimpses into another world and are just calming I think.  My snowglobe today uses the Bunny Snowglobe digital stamp set from The Cat's Pajamas.

After combining the image, and saying, in a watermark program, I colored it using my Castle Arts watercolor pencils for blending later.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled/pounced some Tim Holtz tumbled glass and mowed lawn distress inks around the colored image using my paper pouncers, and blending brushes, before layering and adding some silver brads.  Taking my card base, I dry embossed it using a Cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder I've had for years using my Big Shot.  I then stippled more mowed lawn distress ink over the embossed images and around the edges.  Once that was finished, I adhered my layered image panel using pop up glue dots before highlighting parts of the "falling snow" using a silver 3D glaze pen and then adding crystal ice stickles to highlight the rest of the "snow".  This card was fairly easy to do even with a migraine.

Challenges entered:
 
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend.

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas
Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Mowed Lawn Distress Ink
Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Watermark Program, Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Ice Stickles, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Snowflake Folder, Paper Pouncers, Blending Brush, Pop Up Glue Dots, 3D Glaze Pen
 

Monday, December 4, 2023

Run Up To Christmas 2023 Week 10


 

 
 
Hello and welcome to week 10 of the #runuptochristmashop2023 hosted by @love_smile_and_craft and @kellys.craft. We are going to make a card each week for 12 weeks until Christmas. This week we're being inspired to use humor, or be humorous.  Since mine, and my husband's family, have multiple health issues I just had to go with bathroom humor.  I remember more than one family gathering where the discussion topic came around to including bathroom humor; especially if my late mother-in-law started it. 

I decided to use one of my favorite designer lines from Impression Obsession, the Gary Robertson line of digital stamps.  I started out by printing the never before used Seasons Greetings Outhouse on Neenah white card stock before coloring it using both Lyra and Castle Arts pencils and a white gel pen.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass and chipped sapphire distress inks using my paper pouncers before layering and adding brads.  My card is stamped in pine needles distress ink using a retired Stampin Up holly jumbo roller wheel before stippling more pine needles around the edges.  Once my layered image was adhered, I went and highlighted parts of the image using a Sakura 3D clear glaze pen.  I then added waterfall and diamond ice stickles to finish the card off.  I'm really happy with how this card turned out because I almost threw it away at one point thinking I had really messed it up.  Fortunately, the card finished well.  
 
Challenges entered: 
 


Peace On Earth

The Four Seasons
 
Inspiration Station
 
 

 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Impression Obsession; Stampin Up
Ink: Tim Holtz Pine Needles, Tumbled Glass, Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks
Card Stock: Neenah White; Recollections Pre-folded Card Stock
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, Blender Pencil, Twine, Brads, Glue Dots, Ice Stickles, 3D Glaze Pen, White Gel Pen, Paper Pouncers

PIP Challenge 2348

 
  Sponsored by Gerda Steiner Designs


Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're sponsored by Gerda Steiner Designs.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship and for providing images for the design team to use.  My card today feature's their Owl I Want For Christmas digital stamp.

I started out by printing my owl onto Neenah white card stock before coloring it using both Lyra and Castle Arts pencils.  Once my coloring was finished, I stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around it before layering and adding brads.  Setting the owl aside, I dug up my retired Stampin Up poinsettia jumbo wheel and stamped the card base using it in retired rose red ink. I then cut a small rose red scrap to use as a border and added that to the card using glue dots.  After adding my layered owl, I over-stamped the Merry Christmas from Colorado Craft Company's Bethlehem's Light stamp set in memento tuxedo black before adding a bling flourish from my stash.  The final touch was two googlie eyes using glue dots.

Challenges entered:
 
Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #57 - Use Your NBUS (owl image, Merry Christmas saying)

Triple B

 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join us this week at  Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs; Stampin Up; Colorado Craft Company
Ink: SU Rose Red; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass; Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up
Accessories: Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, Bling, Glue Dots, Brads, Googlie Eyes, PFS Blending Brush